[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP for exam setting at school - r ésumé

2010-11-17 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Thank you very much everybody for your valuable contributions! I have been following this list for over two years now and I have always been impressed by the wealth of expertise available. Let me present a résumé as far as I have understood the answers and then see how I should proceed best: A

[Ltsp-discuss] LTSP for exam setting at school

2010-11-16 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Hello all! I would like to use LTSP specifically for exam settings in an introductory computer science class. The students have learned some basic system administration and programming under Linux on their personal laptops. Now I would like to have them perform some basic tasks in a controlled

[Ltsp-discuss] lts.conf not loaded

2009-06-09 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Funny that for a week or so I have had in mind writing a note exaclty about that subject. It was to bear as sub-title "the many ways to mess up lts.conf". Maybe Peter's issue is related to mine, maybe not. Anyways, here is my story: For most people, LTSP seems to work right out of the box. Othe

[Ltsp-discuss] Acer Netbook as "thin" client - ethernet driver problem RTL8102

2009-03-05 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Hello all! I stumbled upon the Acer Aspire One Netbook as a prime candidate for our use in a school environment. Before I go about describing the problems, maybe some of you are interested in reading the backgrounds. I have been researching the possiblity of having all students of our school

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] NBD error (LTSP5 on Ubuntu8.10)

2009-02-07 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Martin Vuk wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:31 PM, wrote: > Still I do not understand the NBD-related error. Since in a different test set-up (Intel Xeon server, Dell Optiplex GX1 Pentium III clients), the thin clients seem to get hung over that error. The error messages (as stated before) on

[Ltsp-discuss] NBD error (LTSP5 on Ubuntu8.10)

2008-11-17 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Was: Server's root file system accessed by LTSP clients instead of "chrooted" file system (LTSP5 on Ubuntu8.10) Many thanks to Jam, Mark David Dumlao and Rob Owens for clarifying to me the case with the chrooted file system. This point is all clear (even to me!) now. Still I do not understand t

[Ltsp-discuss] Server's root file system accessed by LTSP clients instead of "chrooted" file system (LTSP5 on Ubuntu8.10)

2008-11-14 Thread sm8ps-ltspml1
Hello folks, here is my case: I have installed LTSP5 on a HP Proliant ML110 (Pentium Xenon) server with Ubuntu 8.10. The clients I am using for testing purposes is an old Pentium III machine and a less old Pentium M Laptop. After the usual trouble and uncertainties with respect to boot process